Improvement in paper boxes



L. P. HEATH. I

PAPER BOX.

N .189,O38, Patented Apri13, 1877.

N. PETERSv FHOTULITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, DC.

P NITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

LORENZO P. HEATH, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO POWERS PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT Specification forming part of Letters Patent No IN PAPER BOXES.

. 189,038, dated April 3, 1877 application filed January 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO P. HEATH, of Springfield, in the county of 'Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Combined Papeterie and Ladies Work-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawing, A is the box, B is the cover, D D is a pocket attachment for paper, composed of two pieces laced up in the center by a cord, 12, and attached to the interior of cover B. a a a. are utensil-spaces partitioned off on the front side of the interior of box A. L is a partition, forming, with three sides of the interior of box A, a convenient space, K, in which to deposit paper or envelopes. y 3 are loops on the inside of cover B, in which to place sewing utensils. F F is a space between spaces a a a, and partition L in which to keep pens, pencils, or other utensils.

Papeterie-boxes have heretofore been made to. serve simply for containing and exhibiting fancy paper and envelopes but the object of my invention is to provide a box which, while serving fully the above-named purpose, at the same time answers with equal convenience the requirements of a ladys work-box.

To provide proper receptacles for paper and. envelopes, the pocket on cover B, formedof the two portions D D, connected by a crosslacing of cord, n, in the center, is arranged to receive writing-paper, and the space K in the box A serves as a receptacle for envelopes.

' The spaces a a a in the box A provide convenient receptacles for spools of thread, silk, and various small utensils used in sewing,

for holding other utensils, and the space F F serves as aconvenient receptacle for papercutter, pens, and pencils. 1

The design shown in this case is the subject of another application before the Office.

I am aware that a pocket placed on the inside of a box-cover is not new, and I do not claim that; but

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a box of the above description, a pocket formed by the combination of the two pieces DD and the cross-lacing of cord n in the center, and the cover B, to which the pieces D D are attached, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a box constructed as described, consisting of the cover B, pocket-pieces D D, cross-lacing cord n, loops y y, and box A divided into spaces a a a, F F, and K, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

LORENZO PRESCOTT HEATH.

Witnesses: v

W. O. WHABFIELD, D. HOLLAND.

while the loops y y, on cover B, provide places 

